Developing and evaluating a culturally-appropriate food kit for increased access to fruits and vegetables and DASH eating plan alignment in immigrant Hispanic/Latine individuals with hypertension: a pilot study

Table 2 Participant characteristics for phase 3: pilot testing - free-living, open clinical trial

Demographic Characteristics	N (%)	Average number of servings fruits/vegetables per day (SD)^a	Average number of servings of fruits/vegetables per day, without dried beans (SD)	Physical Health T-score (SE)^b	Mental Health T-score (SE)^b
(n=21)		2.3 (1.8)	1.9 (1.4)	41.3 (4.2)	45.3 (3.6)
Biological Sex
Men	12 (57.1)	1.9 (0.7)	1.7 (0.8)	43.6 (4.3)	46.2 (3.6)
Women	9 (42.9)	2.6 (2.3)	2.0 (1.8)	39.7 (4.2)	44.8 (3.7)
Employment Status
Employed	16 (76.2)	2.1 (1.6)	1.6 (1.2)	40.7 (4.2)	43.3 (3.6)
Unemployed/Retired/Temporary Employment	5 (23.8)	3.0 (2.5)	2.5 (2.1)	43.4 (4.4)	48.9 (3.7)
Food Security Status ^c
Low Food Security	10 (55.6)	3.0 (2.3)	2.2 (1.8)	40.5 (4.2)	43.5 (3.7)
High/Marginal Food Security	8 (44.4)	1.9 (1.2)	1.8 (1.2)	43.9 (4.3)	47.1 (3.6)

^aEating At America’s Table Study Quick Food Scan [32] assessed via the National Cancer Institute’s Scoring Guidelines [33]
^bPROMIS Scale v1.2 - Global Health T-score metric of 50 is the mean of US reference population [23]
^cFood Security Survey Module: Six-Item Short Form [24] assessed via the provided protocol and categorized via the United States Department of Agriculture definitions of food security [27]

ISSN: 2055-0928